I will closely monitor rail project, says Uhuru
What you need to know:
- Mr Kenyatta called on the China Roads and Bridges employees to dedicate themselves so that the KSh327 billion project is completed according to schedule.
- The 472-kilometre Mombasa-Nairobi phase of the project will be completed in three years before the construction of the other legs of the northern corridor start.
- The next phase will be the 505-kilometre Nairobi-Malaba route to be followed by the Kisumu branch line, which will be 132 kilometres long.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday inspected a section of the standard gauge railway, which has already been laid, as the ambitious project gathers momentum.
The President inspected a section of the railway at Mtito Andei and a plant for manufacturing rail sleepers and bridge sections.
Mr Kenyatta called on the China Roads and Bridges employees to dedicate themselves so that the KSh327 billion project is completed according to schedule. The President said he will be closely monitoring the progress of the project.
“I will be visiting you more often and keep up the good work,” he said.
The 472-kilometre Mombasa-Nairobi phase of the project will be completed in three years before the construction of the other legs of the northern corridor start.
The next phase will be the 505-kilometre Nairobi-Malaba route to be followed by the Kisumu branch line, which will be 132 kilometres long.
Besides the northern corridor rail routes, the government will also build the Lapsset corridor standard gauge railway, which will consist of the Lamu-Isiolo route (1,350 kilometres) and the Nairobi-Isiolo route (700 kilometres).
